| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 November 1934 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ottapalam, Kerala, British Raj | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 August 2021 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Thane, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1950–52 | Matunga Students | ||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | Indian Gymkhana F.C. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1953–55 | Matunga AC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1955–58 | Caltex Bombay | ||||||||||||||||
| 1958–70 | Tata SC | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1964 | India | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Shankar Subramaniam Narayan (12 November 1934 – 5 August 2021), also known as S. S. "Babu" Narayan, was a footballer who represented India as a goalkeeper at the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.
Playing career
In club football, Narayan played for Tata SC and retired from the game in 1970, being replaced as goalkeeper at the club by Bandya Kakade. In 2013, he was felicitated by the Mumbai District Football Association for his contributions to Indian football. He was also a popular performer at the basketball court.
Honours
India
- AFC Asian Cup runners-up: 1964
- Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament: 1955
- Merdeka Tournament runner-up: 1959
References
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- ^ a b c d "S.S. Narayan". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ FIFA President condoles SS Narayan’s death Archived 10 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine AIFF
- ^ "Olympian footballer S.S. 'Babu' Nayaran passes away". Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Bandya Kakade dead". The Hindu. 18 October 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ "S. S. Narayan". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Former India goalkeeper Bandya Kakade passes away". The Times of India. 17 October 2012. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ Rizvi, Taus (15 July 2013). "After a long wait, SS Narayan finally gets his due". DNA India. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Former India football goalkeeper SS Narayan no more | Football News - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "The Indian Senior Team at the 1964 Tel Aviv Asia Cup". Indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (2000). "The Indian Senior Team at the 1959 Merdeka Cup". www.indianfootball.de. IndianFootball. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. (information given by Jaydeep Basu, Sunil Warrier, and Gautam Roy).
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